정읍과 장수지역은 고도 차이로 인해 평균기온이 다르며, 이러한 환경조건은 생물군집에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 지표서식성 딱정벌레와 거미에 대한 영향을 알아보기 위해 2018년 3월에 지역별로 10지점의 논둑에서 pitfall-trap을 이용하여 조사하였다. 딱정벌레는 정읍에서 42종이 장수에서 30종이 발견되었으며, 작은모래거저리가 가장 많았다. 거미는 두 지역 모두 40종이 발견되었으며, 턱거미가 가장 많았다. nMDS와 MRPP 분석에서 두 지역의 딱정벌레와 거미의 군집조성이 모두 유의적 차이가 없었다. 딱정벌레와 거미의 개체수와 다양성지수 (species richness, Shannon index, evenness 등)도 지역간 차이가 없었다. 하지만 청동머리먼지벌레의 상대밀도는 장수가 12.3%로 정읍의 0.6%보다 컸다. 또한 밭고랑거미는 장수에서 거미 총개체수의 5.6%를 차지하였으나 정읍에서는 채집되지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 두 지역의 환경차이가 딱정벌레와 거미의 전체 군집조성에 미치는 영향은 뚜렷하지 않지만, 일부 종에 대해서는 지역적 특이성을 보일 수 있다는 점을 시사한다.

Spider community was surveyed at Nakdonggang River which is the longest river (525 km and 23,384 km2) located East-south part of Korea. Nakdonggang river is developing for water management and environmental conservation including restoration of river ecosystem under “The Four-River Restoration Project”. Sampling was made 3 occasions from June to August in 2009. Eight survey sites were selected from both sides of river in Andong, Sangju, Gumi and Seongju prefectures. Spiders were collected with sweep net for on the plants above ground and pitfall traps for on the ground. A total of 94 species of 71 genera in 24 families were identified from 805 collected spiders. Species richness was high in Salticidae (18 species, 19.1%), Araneidae (12 species, 12.8%), Lycosidae (9 species, 9.6%) in order. Wandering spiders (55 species occupied 58.5%, 493 individuals occupied 61.2%) were higher than webbing spiders (39 species occupied 41.5%, 493 individuals occupied 61.2%) in species richness and abundance. Dominant species were Tetragnatha praedonia (Tetragnathidae) and Neoscona adianta (Araneidae) in webbing spiders, and Anahita fauna (Ctenidae), Pirata procurvus (Lycosidae) and Gnaphosa kompirensis (Gnaphosidae) in wandering spiders with abundance. Collectively, most spiders collected from this study were water preferring spiders and showed different community structure compared to other reports from terrestrial spider fauna. Present result will bevaluable to compare the effect of development on the arthropod fauna after completion of the project.

This study was conducted to compare the community structure and biodiversity of epigeic spiders between pear fields cultivated by integrated pest management (IPM) and organic methods. This is the first study of this kind to be conducted in Korea. Eighty-four spider species from 22 families were identified among the collected 2,489 arthropods, with 754 individuals being sampled from IPM fields and 1,735 individuals from organic fields. Generally, Theridiidae, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Agelenidae, Gnaphosidae, and Salticidae were the dominant spider families in the pear orchard regardless of the farming methods, and species richness and abundance were higher in organic fields than in IPM fields. The dominant species were the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and stone spiders (Gnaphosidae), and their cumulative abundance was 70.7% in IPM fields and 72.7% in organic fields. The community structure between organic and IPM fields was heterogeneous, with a 45% similarity level. Biodiversity, species richness, abundance, and species diversity index were higher in organic fields than in IPM fields, and significantly different between the farming methods. Seasonal fluctuations in biodiversity were similar in both IPM and organic fields. The species richness and species diversity index increased and the abundance decreased in the second half of the cultivation period. This study on the community structure and biodiversity of epigeic spiders, which form one of the most important predator groups, will provide principal ecological and faunistic information required to maintain the biodiversity of useful arthropods in agricultural ecosystems and help implement sustainable agriculture based on the active use of natural enemies.